Holder for sleeve-protectors.



PATENTED FEB. 3, 1903.

G. W. DAVIS.

HOLDER FOR SLEEVE PROTECTORS.

I APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILMER W. DAVIS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

HOLDER FOR SLEEVE-PROTECTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,650, dated February3, 1903.

Application filed May 12, 1902. Serial No. 106,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGILMER W. DAVIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State ofMissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders forSleeve-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sleeve-protectors; and it consists in thepeculiar and advantageous device hereinafter described and claimed forholdingsleeve-protectors in proper position on the arms of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation illustratingmy improved device in operation-21 e., as holding a pair ofsleeve-protectors on the arms of a person. Fig. 2 is an enlargedelevation of the device detached from the sleeve-protectors; and Fig.

- 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrating one of the slides for takingup slack of the cords of the improved device, so as to permit of thedevice being readily fitted to persons of different sizes.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of theseveral views of the drawings, referring to which- A- A aresleeve-protectors,which may be and preferablyare of the ordinarykind,andB is my improved holding device. The device in the preferredembodiment of the invention comprises keepers 0, preferably staples,clenched or otherwise secured inside the protectors adjacent to theupper ends thereof, hooks b 19, adapted to be readily placed inengagement with and disengaged from the keepers, a cord a, suitablyconnected at one end to one of the hooks b and having a loop d at itsopposite end receiving the eyes of the other hook I), a slide e,connected to the portion of the cord of which the loop d is formed andhaving eyes f, arranged to receive the main portion of the cord, so asto kink the same after the manner best shown in Fig. 3, a cord g,connected at one end to one hook b and having a loop cl at its oppositeend receiving the eyes of the other hook b, a slide e, connected to theend of the looped portion of the cord and having eyes f receiving themain portion of the cord, and a loop h, of leather or other suitablematerial, fastened on the cord 0 intermediate of the ends thereof andloosely receiving the cord 9. The said loop h, while connecting theintermediate portions of the cords c g, permits free endwise play of thecord g, and hence contributes materially to the comfort of the personwearing the sleeveprotectors and holding device and permits greatfreedom of movement.

My improved device is connected with the sleeve-protectors by placingthe hooks b b in engagement with the eyes or staples a, in theprotectors, as shown in Fig. 1.

To put on the sleeve-protectors and holding device, grasp the loop hwith the left hand and hold the same with the face side up and the loosecord 9 next to you, then pass right arm between the cords o and g andinto protector, pulling it well up on the arm and then doing likewisewith left arm, and then lift the loop it over your head into theposition shown in Fig. 1. To remove the protectors and holding device,lift the cords 0 off of the shoulders with both thumbs and then take 0Ethe protectors and holding device after the manner of a coat.

While I prefer to employ the keepers or eyes a. and hooks b b in orderto permit of the holding device being applied to and detached fromsleeve-protectors with facility, I do not desire to be understood asconfining myself to the same, as the cords c g may be detachably orpermanently connected to the protectors in any suitable manner Withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention.

Notwithstanding its advantages, as pointed out in the foregoing, it willbe appreciated that my improved sleeve-protector-holding device isextremely simple and inexpensive and may therefore be sold with profitfor a very small price.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of a pair of sleeve-protectors, and means for holdingthe same in position on a wearer, comprising cords connected at theirends to the upper portions of the protectors, and a connection betweenthe intermediate portions of the cords.

2. The combination of a pair of sleeve-protectors, and means for holdingthe same in position on a wearer, comprising upper and lower cordsconnected at their ends to the upper portions of the protectors, and aloop semain portions of the cords, and a connection between theintermediate portions of the cords.

4. The combination of a pair of sleeve-protectors, upper and lower cordsconnected at their ends to the upper portions of the protectors, and aslide connection between intermediate portions of the cords.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a device for holding a pair ofsleeve-protectors on a wearer, comprising upper and lower cords havinghooks at one end, and also having loops at their opposite ends, andhooks, the eyes of which are held in said loops, slides connected to theends of the portions of the cords of which the loops are formed, andhaving eyes f receiving the main portions of the cords, and a loopsecured on one cord and having a loop loosely receiving the other cord.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GILMER W. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. APWALLING, JOHN S. LOGAN, Jr.

